KQED NEWSROOM

KQED NEWSROOM is a multiplatform news series on television, radio and online, featuring three-time Emmy Award–winning journalist and anchor Thuy Vu as host, and Scott Shafer, the award-winning host of The California Report, as senior correspondent. KQED NEWSROOM includes an ongoing roundtable discussion segment, as well as new segments featuring stories from all KQED News sources with interviews, debates and field reporting.

KQED NEWSROOM builds on KQED’s long history of innovative news coverage and reporting. The title is a nod to KQED’s groundbreaking 1968 program, which was the first nightly news series on public television and directly influenced the 1975 national launch of The MacNeil/Lehrer Report. The weekly television series airs in primetime on Fridays at 8pmon KQED Public Television 9 and is also broadcast on Sundays at 6pm on KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM. All KQED NEWSROOM episodes and additional Web-only content will be available on KQEDNews.org.

KQED launched its new multiplatform news and public affairs program KQED NEWSROOM with host Thuy Vu and senior correspondent Scott Shafer on Friday, October 18, 2013, at 8pm. The series will continue to run Fridays at 8pm on KQED 9. The title is a nod to KQED’s groundbreaking 1968 program Newsroom, which was the first nightly […]

Host Thuy Vu, Senior Correspondent Scott Shafer and the editorial team will meet and hear from Marin, East Bay, South Bay and San Francisco residents about local issues for KQED’s new multiplatform news and public affair service. KQED News invites community leaders, newsmakers, local business owners and residents at four Open Newsroom forums around the […]

New public affairs and news program replaces This Week in Northern California on Fridays evenings. KQED News today announced a new multiplatform service called KQED NEWSROOM on television, radio and online, with three–time Emmy Award–winning journalist and anchor Thuy Vu as host. Scott Shafer, the award–winning host of KQED Public Radio’s The California Report, will […]

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